Yankees acquire Dustin Ackley from Seattle Mariners for two minor-leaguers

The Yankees famously don’t allow beards, so Ackley needs to shave before he reports to the team (lots have done it, Dustin, join the club). New York has acquired Ackley from the Mariners for outfielder Ramon Flores and right-hander Jose Ramirez. In 73 games this year for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, he hit.

If the Yankees wanted Ackley strictly as a left-handed outfielder, why not simply keep Flores in that role? After playing primarily second base from 2011-12, Ackley split time between second base and the outfield in ’13 before spending the majority of his time as an outfielder over the past two years. Putting his left-handed bat in Yankee Stadium, with the short porch down the right field line, could be the ideal thing to resurrect his career.

Typical of his career, Ackley has hit well in July, going 10-for-35 (.286 batting average) with an. He’s been just as bad as Stephen Drew, without the random home run barrage, and he hasn’t played second for more than one game in a season since 2013. 226 the following season.

The New York Yankees have been quiet this week as the trade deadline approaches. Unlike years past, the Yankees seem to put a premium on young talent.

There was also the leaked Houston Astros E-mails last season, which included a conversation in which Zduriencik offered a deal that would send Ackley to Houston in exchange for catcher/first baseman Jason Castro.

The No. 2 overall Major League Baseball Draft pick in 2009, Ackley is arbitration eligible the next two years and set to be a free agent in 2018.

Dustin Ackley is the newest Yankee.